The National tribune., 1887-11-10
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Personal.

James E. Castle, Co. IT. I11th Ill, Salem, H.,
referring to the claim that the 47th Ohio was
the first to enter Fort MacAllister asks how it
was that Capt. Geo. +. Castle, Co. III, lllth ILL.,,
now dead, captured the garrison flag. which is
now at his late home in Salem, and will be
cheerfully shown 10 any doubling comrade. 1t
has been exhibited at every Reunion in South
ern Illinois for many years.
Ned Stewart, Reno, New, would be glad to
hear from any of his old comrades OF the 9th
Ohio Cav.
e.. R. Anderson, Co. K. 2d Mimi. Cav. Car
riso, Colo, writes in glowing terms of the adj
vantages offered by that State to comrades
seeking homes in the West He is located in
the southeastern part of the State, and says he
will gladly give any information to those who
write to him.
Hiram Winas. Box 1885, Durand, Mich, would
like TO hear from any member of Co. +, 5th
Mich Cav, who was in the fight at Brandy
Station, Oct. H. 1868.
III. ID. Hackney, Co. d, 4th Pa. Cav, Walton,
Kan, is glad TO see by the constant firing along
the line that the boys are up and dressed. The
writer was discharged in July, 1865, and says
that since July, 1867, he has seen but one of
his regiment. Although they were in different
companies, and not acquainted while in the
service, had they been brothers their meeting
could not have been moro pleasant.
Capt. John l.. Glenn, Ogden, Utah, writes that
the names of five General officers were omitted
from the list recently published in THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE. They are Brig Gems ]. j.
Abercrombie, Alex. Chambers, Jacob Ammen,
VIM. Il. Clarke and Thos. J. Mexican.
Barney J. Olson, Corporal, CogswelPs Illinois
battery, Blaine Idaho, says that he and his
brother were the only sons of poor widow.
She gave both to the service of their country.
One was killed in April, 1863 and was buried
at Huntsville, Ala. The writer served through
the war, being but 20 years old when mustered
out. He regrets that he could not attend the
Encampment at st. Louis, but hopes to meet
the comrades in future.
Il. c. Markee, Abilene, Kan, In answer to
many inquiries regarding the five little broth
ers who rs drummers were so admired at the
recent Encampmelt at st. Louis, says they are
the sons Of the writer, and he served in Co. A,
34th Ill. He says he is the proud father OF
seven boys each from one 10 fourteen years
DID, all of whom have developed remarkable
talent for music; playing on banjos, mandolins,
guitars and drums. If their lives are spared
they expect to meet the comrades at Columbus
next year.
John A. Laken, Co. A, 91st n. Y, Coopers-
town, n. Y, would like TO know what has be-
come Of the old 9th and 9TH Wis, which were
with the 9lst in 1864 and 1865. The writer
tells how, in a moment of weakness, while in
camp on Arlington Nights, he thought he
would fix himself up, which he did by shaving
and putting on a paper collar. He sailed
forth in all his magnificence, and the boys made
it so warm for his paper collar, with such cries
as "Shoot the payroll" that he took it of, and
that was the last collar he put on while he was
in the army.
John II. Jack, Co. E, sth Ohio, Lafayette,
Ind, says his father was Lieutenant in the
10th Ohio Cav. After long battling with dis
ease, he succumbed to il and knew that he must
die. He started home from Murfreesboro,
Tenn. and at Nashville became so weak that
he was compelled TO stop, Lieut. Jack asked
DIR. Wright, in whose charge he was, TO send him
a Masonic brother, and the Doctor called upon q
resident Of Nashville named John o. Noble
noble by nature a. we'll as by name-and he
kindly took the sick man to his own home
This was in June, 1868. The officer telegraphed
TO his wife TO meet him at Nashville. but the
next morning he died. The writer, his oldest
son, was then in the Gettysburg campaign with
the 9Th Ohio. The children are all grown
and are anxicIs for more details of their
fathers death. They would be very glad to
hear from DIR. Wright or John o. Noble.
E. M. Benson, Go. G, 44th Ohio and 9Th Ohio
Nelson, Neb., wishes that his old comrades oil
the 44th would come 10 the front. He would
be glad to hear personally from any of them.
James Holiday, Co. A, 1lSth Ind, Waverly
Mills, Mimi, says he was one of the young
soldiers, having enlisted Aug. T. 1863, before he
was Is. He belonged TO the ll6th Ind, the
"Persimmon Knockers"
Will Linderman, Cos. NJ and II, Cd H. L. A :,
Alameda, CAL, would be glad to hear personally
from any members Of the above batteries, OF
the 65th H., who know the name Of the Cor.
poral who shot and killed a member of Co. A.
65th Ill., who was crossing the guard-best at
Camp Douglas, Chicago, In April, 1862.
A number of comrades write in regard 10
Corp1 Pike, Of the 4th Ohio Cav, the daring
scout whose exploits were referred to by Capt
Hinkley in q recent article, the Captain not
knowing his name and inquiring who he was
Geo. w. Hines, Deersville, o., says the story OF
COrpl Pixies adventures is published in book
entitled Deeds of Daring by Blue and Gray"
James NJ. Brant, Co. A, 4th Ohio Cav, Morrow,
o., says he was a comrade of COrp1 Pike, and
knew him well. He fully corroborates the &C.
counts given of his exploits. He says that after
the war, while in the far West, he had COM
mand of some mounted riflemen serving against
the Indians, and was killed by the accidental
discharge of gun. X. III. Martin, Co. j, 10th Ind
Delphos, o., identifies the man inquired for by
Capt Hinkley as Corp'l Pike. Vim. III Cook, Co.
III, 46th Ohio, Dupont. o., says COrp'l Pike was
one of Sherman's best scouts, and the writer
thinks the published accounts Of his achieve
ments are true. Frank Ridgley, Co. b, 1O2d
Ohio, Jeromeville, o., says that Corpl Pike was
printer by trade, and was born in Hillsboro
o. He lived in Texas some years before the
war, and was engaged in several military expe-
ditions on the frontier. He says he was killed
and scalped on the plains by the Indians after
the war. +. w. Bashore, Lieutenant, Co. F.
9TH Ohio Cav, Paulding, o., says that one Of
Corpl Pixies achievements was to float down
the Tennessee in a log canoe from Chattanooga
TO Tuscumbia, carrying dispatches to Gen. Sher,
man, the river being lined with guerrillas most
OF the way. He was imprisoned at Chatta
nooga and Atlanta with the bridge burners
but made his escape. While trying to burn q
bridge over the Savannah River near Augusta
Ga, in the Spring Of 1864, he was again capt
ured and taken TO Columbia Prison, but a sec
ond time made his escape. About the close Of
tho war, on Gen. Sherman's recommendation
he was commissioned n Second Lieutenant in
tho Regular Army, and was stationed in Ore
gon, where he was killed by the accidental dis
charge of a musket. William Schwartz, Co. III
LIST Ohio Cav, Burlington, Kan; A. G. Brown
Go. i, I'd Ohio, Mediapolis, Iowa, and as. p
G." Portsmouth, o., also send q sketch of the
daring Corporal.
j. III. Stevenson, Co. c, Tooth Pa, Allegheny
Pa, pays tribute to Gen. b. +. Butler for his
services during the war; He thinks that his
tory will not fail to do him justice, however
much he may be neglected now.
Information Asked and Given.
ID. Z. Goodin, Kenton, o., writes in behalf Of
William III. Heller, 49th Ohio, Kenton. o., who
wishes TO know the whereabouts of Dan. Smith
18th Ohio
G. w. Rehfeld, Horizon, Wis, would like to
know the w whereabouts NJ Pichard Riadarmann